St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-26
The Pullman of the Northwest.

During the past four months the ST.
Paul Park Improvement company has
been in communication with over 100
manufacturing concerns throughout the
United States with the view of locating
them on their land, and as result
of its efforts contracts have been closed
with the following concerns to locate at
once at st. Paul Park: The J.L.Spencer
Carriage company, who will erect a
main building of brick 200X70 feet two
stories high. and will employ 200 work
men for the manufacture of carriages,
Sleighs, and carriage gears and wood
work. This concern has been located
at Oneida, N. Y, and was recently
burned out.
The st. Paul Knitting works will
erect a building of brick 100X100, three
stories, and will employ 200 workmen.
This concern has been located in the
city in temporary quarters and were
compelled to secure their own plant on
account of increased business.
The st. Paul Park Shoe company will
erect main building of brick, 10OX6O.
two stories, and will employ 100
worl1men. This is st. Paul concern,
managed by t. c. Moss, who manufac-
lures line of fine shoes. Their large
and rapidly increasing business has
compelled them to locate at st. Paul
Park, where they can have ample facil-
tiles in their own buildings.
The ST. Paul Park Cart company will
erect main building of brick, 10Ox6O,
two stories, and will employ 100 work
! men. This concern was formerly the
w. R. Church Cart company, of York
vile, Ill.
The st. Paul Park Window Glass
company will erect buildings 300x500
and will employ 100 workmen.
The Western Fire Proofing company
will erect main building 100X100, which
will be two stories, constructed of their
own fire proof material, and will en-
plOy fifty wOrkmen.
main building of brick 1OOX1O0, will
employ twenty-five wOrkmen.
The st. Paul Park Broom company
will erect main building of brick, COX
60, two stories, and will employ fifty
Workmen.
Six of the factories mentioned are now
being erected, and the contracts for the
other two concerns provide that the
buildings must be under construction
on or before Aug. 1, 1887.
The eight manufactures named above
will employ i'll the aggregate over 800
worl1men, and contracts now under ne
SOtioVlOh WIFI OtlCl COuCcIUS Will
a total of 1000 or more wOrkmen who
will actually be employed this season in
the factories located at ST. Paul Park.
which will represent population of
5000 people.
Four hundred acres of the company's
land, with frontage of two miles on
the Mississippi river, and two miles, of
sidetrack already laid, connecting With
both the Chicago, Burlington & North
ern railroad and Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad, have been plated INTO
blocks of 600X300 feet, to be used exclu-
sively for manufacturing purposes.
RAILWAY FACILITIES AND RATES.
The Chicago, Burlington & Northern
| railway, with their usual enterprise,
| have appreciated the importance of st.
| Paul Park as the most desirable and adj
vantageous location for suburban resi-
| dences and manufacturing purposes in
the vicinity of st. Paul, and have made
| arrangements to operate suburban trains
between the city and ST. aulPark. These
trains will run every hour, and the fare
will be six cents for twenty-five ride
tickets. Trains will commence running
regularly next Friday, July /, as fol-
lows: Leave st. Paul, from Union
| depot, 6:25 a. m, 8 a. NJ, 10 a. M, 10 M,
3 p. m, $40 p. m, arriving at st. Paul
Park in twenty-five minutes. Leave ST.
Paul Park, 7:25 a. M, S:35 a. m.. II a.
m, lis p. M, p. M, 6:15 p. M, arriy-